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To double farm incomes, Agriculture Ministry must seek more funds, says House panel Updated: Updated: Parliamentary Committee slams low utilisation of allocated funds Share Article Parliamentary Committee slams low utilisation of allocated funds Noting that the budgetary allocation for agriculture has been reduced this year, the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Agriculture said there was a need for more funding to achieve the aim of doubling farmers income by 2022 and urged the Agriculture Ministry to take up the issue with the Finance Ministry. The panel also pulled up the Agriculture Ministry for low utilisation of existing funds. The allocation of ₹1.23 lakh crore for the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) during the year 2021-22 is lower than the budget estimates of ₹1.32 lakh crore in the previous year. ....
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Parliamentary panel flags low subscription under farmer pension scheme SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 07:16 PM IST Share Synopsis The PMKMY is a pension scheme for small and marginal farmers having cultivable land up to 2 hectares. Farmers within the age group of 18-40 years are eligible to get themselves enrolled under the scheme. Agencies A Parliamentary panel has pulled up the government for very low level of enrollment under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PMKMY), under which a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 is provided to eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60. The scheme was introduced in September 2019 and aimed to cover about 5 crore beneficiaries up to the 2021-22 fiscal, which has been revised downwards to 3 crores. ....